Speaking and Leadership Conversations
I speak about pressure. Not the kind people talk about openly. The kind that hides inside systems, sits on capable people, and costs organisations far more than they realise.
My work is grounded in 30 years of experience across corporate leadership, therapeutic practice, business ownership, and founding an international charity. I do not speak from theory. I speak from pattern recognition across thousands of interactions with people and organisations under sustained pressure.
Leaders leave my sessions with a fundamentally different understanding of what is happening beneath performance in their own organisation.
Keynote
How Well Do You Really Know Your People? What If You Are Wrong?
45 minutes | For senior leaders, executive teams, boards, and HR leadership
This keynote explores what happens when sustained pressure becomes invisible inside an organisation.
It examines how pressure reshapes decision-making, narrows leadership visibility, and quietly redistributes load onto the most capable people. It explains why silence is the most dangerous signal in any organisation, why early warning signs are missed even in well-run teams, and why the real cost of pressure often remains hidden far longer than leaders expect.
I introduce the six truths about organisational pressure, the concept of hidden load, and the difference between organisations that cope with pressure and organisations that can read it.
This is not a wellbeing talk. It is not a resilience workshop. It is 45 minutes of uncomfortable clarity about how pressure actually behaves inside systems, and what leaders can do about it.
Leaders leave understanding:
. Why their strongest people are often their greatest risk
. Why silence is not alignment, it is protection
. Where pressure is most likely hiding in their own organisation
. What Pressure Literate organisations do differently
. Why wellbeing initiatives alone will never resolve structural pressure
Leadership Briefing
Seeing Pressure Before It Becomes a Problem
30 minutes | Available online or in person
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A focused introduction to how pressure builds, where it goes, and what it costs when it stays invisible.
This session is designed to create clarity without overwhelm. Leaders leave with a sharper understanding of how pressure may currently be operating in their organisation and why coping is not the same as thriving.
Often used as an entry point into deeper work, or as a standalone session for leadership teams who want insight without a large time commitment.
I run free online briefings regularly for leaders who want to experience the work before exploring it further.
Podcasts and Media
I am available for podcast interviews, panel discussions, and media commentary on topics including:
. Organisational pressure and why it stays hidden
. The gap between wellbeing strategy and structural reality
. Why capable people leave (and why leaders are always surprised)
. Psychological safety, silence, and what teams protect leaders from seeing
. The hidden load: why the same people carry everything
. What Pressure Literacy means for the future of leadership
If you produce a podcast or write for a publication that covers leadership, workplace culture, HR strategy, or organisational development, I would welcome a conversation.
I bring 30 years of practical experience, a direct and warm communication style, and a perspective that challenges conventional thinking about how organisations manage pressure.
Delivery
These sessions can be delivered in a number of ways depending on context and need:
. Conference or event keynote
. In-house leadership or board session
. Online or in-person delivery
. Standalone talk or entry point into diagnostic work
. Podcast or media interview
The format is always shaped around your audience, your context, and the pressures/topics most relevant to your organisation or media outlet.
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Investment
Speaking fees are shaped around the format, audience size, and whether the session is standalone or part of a wider engagement.
I am happy to discuss this as part of an initial conversation to make sure the session is genuinely useful and proportionate for your organisation.
For the free monthly online briefing, there is no cost and no obligation. It is simply 30 minutes of clarity.